Genitourinary

Question 1

What does pelvis translate to in Latin ?

Answer 1

Basin

Question 2

What are two parts of the pelvis ?

Answer 2

The illium and the pubis

Question 3

Describe the location of the pelvic cavity ?

Answer 3

Continuous superiorly with the abdominal cavity

Question 4

What is the pubic symphysis?

Answer 4

Midline secondary cartilaginous joint uniting the left and right pubic bones

Question 5

What is the function of the superior pelvic arpeture ?

Answer 5

Separate the greater (false) pelvis from the lesser (true) pelvis

Question 6

What’s another for the hip bone ?

Answer 6

Pelvic bone/ coxal bone

Question 7

What feature of the pelvis helps identify the sex of an individual ?

Answer 7

Angle of ishiopubic ramus
- 50-40 men
- 80-85 in women

Question 8

At what age does the hip bone fuse in males and females and what is it called?

Answer 8

Triradiate cartilage,
11-15 in females
14- 17 in males

Question 9

What is the false pelvis bound by ?

Answer 9

Posteriorly: lumbar vertebrae
Laterally: iliac fossae and iliacus muscle
Anteriorly: lower part of the anterior abdominal wall

Question 10

What is the function of the false pelvis?

Answer 10

Helps to support the abdominal contents and has a role in preganancy by guiding the foetus

Question 11

What is the pelvic outlet bound by?

Answer 11

The coccyx

Question 12

What is posterior to the coccyx?

Answer 12

The pubic arch

Question 13

What is the opening of between the pubis and ishicium called?

Answer 13

Obtrurator foramen, connects to pelvic floor muscles

Question 14

What are the angles of the pubic arch ?

Answer 14

Male - 50-60
Female - 80-85

Question 15

What is the ASIS?

Answer 15

Anterior superior iliac spine, bony projection of the iliac bone

Question 16

When do the ischium and pubis fuse?

Answer 16

Ishiopubic ramus fuses at 4-8 years old

Question 17

When does the ilium fuse?

Answer 17

11-15 in females and 14-17 in males

Question 18

Where ate the kidneys located ?

Answer 18

Behind the peritoneum, attached to posterior abdominal wall, on either side of the vertebral column

Question 19

What happens to kidneys as the diaphragm contracts and why is the right kidney lower ?

Answer 19

Kidneys move down, right lower due to liver

Question 20

What vertebrae are the renal vessels at ?

Answer 20

L2

Question 21

Which renal artery is longer ?

Answer 21

Right

Question 22

What are the three uteric constrictions ?

Answer 22

1) leaving hilium of kidney
2) bends over pelvic inlet in cavity
3) entering bladder

Question 23

What does an IVP identify ?

Answer 23

Identifies blockages

Question 24

What is the bladder?

Answer 24

Anterior pelvic organ

Question 25

What’s the shape of the bladder?

Answer 25

Pyramid shape on its side

Question 26

What holds the apex off the bladder ?

Answer 26

Pubic symphis

Question 27

What holds the base of the bladder?

Answer 27

Two ureters enter the bladder laterally The base is postoinferior

Question 28

What is the specialised muscle in the bladder called ?

Answer 28

Detrusor muscle

Question 29

What covers the superior surface of the bladder?

Answer 29

Peritoneum they expands as bladder fills

Question 30

What holds up the infolateral surface ?

Answer 30

Cradled by levator and obturator muscles

Question 31

What is the trigone?

Answer 31

Triangular interior of bladder, bound by the ureters and urethra

Question 32

Where is the urethra formed?

Answer 32

Neck of the bladder

Question 33

Where does the female urethra originate ?

Answer 33

Neck of bladder

Question 34

What ligament supports the female urethra ?

Answer 34

Pubovesical ligament

Question 35

What does the female urethra pass through?

Answer 35

The perineal membrane, therefore is has a membranous region

Question 36

Where does the female urethra open

Answer 36

Between the vestibule and labia minora

Question 37

What is the male urethra supported by ?

Answer 37

Puboprostatic ligament

Question 38

What are the 4 parts of the male urethra ?

Answer 38

- preprostatic (bladder) - prostatic - membranous (perineal) - spongy (corpus spongiosum)

Question 39

What is the superficial components of the male genital organs?

Answer 39

Scrotum and penis

Question 40

What results in the scrotum

Answer 40

Labioscrotal swellings

Question 41

What does the gubernaculum do

Answer 41

Connects gonads with labioscrotal swellings and helps testes descend

Question 42

Where are sperm produced and where are they collected

Answer 42

- seminiferous tubules - rete testis

Question 43

What does sperm have to pass through to get to the ejaculatory duct

Answer 43

Ductus deferens

Question 44

What does the penis consists of ?

Answer 44

- corpora cavernosa - corpus cavernosa

Question 45

What is the female equivalent of the gubernaculum ?

Answer 45

Broad ligament of the uterus

Question 46

What are a women’s erectile structures

Answer 46

Bulbs of vestibule